The WPA Guide to Wisconsin : The Badger State EPUB
by Federal Writers' Project
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During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the countrys shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authorsmany of whom would later become celebrated literary figureswere commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each states unique flavor.
Americas Dairyland is well represented in the WPA Guide to Wisconsin. Essays on the Badger States vital industriesincluding agriculture, lumber, and dairyare included as well as an important look at the labor movement of the 1930s. From the Northern Highland and Lake Superior to the Driftless Area and the Eastern Ridges and Lowlands, the states unique geography is also photographically documented.
Americas Dairyland is well represented in the WPA Guide to Wisconsin. Essays on the Badger States vital industriesincluding agriculture, lumber, and dairyare included as well as an important look at the labor movement of the 1930s. From the Northern Highland and Lake Superior to the Driftless Area and the Eastern Ridges and Lowlands, the states unique geography is also photographically documented.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:300 pages
- Publisher:Trinity University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2013
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- ISBN:9781595342478
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:300 pages
- Publisher:Trinity University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2013
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- ISBN:9781595342478
